THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has pegged the minimum age of commercial drivers in Nigeria at 26, saying that underage commercial drivers are responsible for some road crashes in the country.
Speaking at the inauguration of commercial driver’s licence in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, the state sector commander of FRSC, Christopher Ademoluti, said the measure would ensure that only matured commercial drivers hadthe opportunity to drive and convey others.
“We want to peg the minimum age of a commercial driver in Nigeria at 26 to enable them have the experience, maturity and expertise to drive and convey people, unlike the present situation where we have underage people like 16-year-olds driving commercial vehicles,” he said.
Mr Ademoluti, who said that the upgraded National Driver’s Licence (NDL) was capable of reducing road traffic crashes on Nigerian roads, added that the NDL contained data of commercial drivers, serving as checks on them and making them to be more careful and responsible.
“With the new diver’s licence, we want to have all the data of the commercial drivers in Nigeria. We don’t want to have a driver, who drives an 18-seater bus, to endanger the lives of the 18 people. It is only one commercial driver that dies where 18 people die”, he said.
The FRSC sector commander also said that six driving schools had been approved to train commercial drivers before they are issued with the new driver’s licence.
, “unlike when ordinary motor boys apply for drivers licence after just three months with a senior commercial driver without passing any theoretical application test of driving”.
Tribune
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